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No. 392,419. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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UNITE STATES PATENT Grates.

LANING L. FERRIS, on NEW roan, n. Y.

PAPER-=FILE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,419, datedNovember 6, 1888.

Application filed December 24, 1887. Serial No. 258,860. (No model.)

1" 0 aZZ whom it hwy concern:

Be it known that I, LANING L. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Files, fullydescribed and represented in the following-specificationandtheaccompanyingdrawings,formingapart of the same.

This invention relates to a retaining guard or clip which is designedfor use in connection with paper-files of the general class shown in mypriorLettersPateut, No. 327,389. In using files of this class it hasbeen found that the papers impaled upon the needles, particularly afterthe iileis partly filled, are liable to work up upon the needles insteadof lying smoothly and in a compact body upon the base of the been found,particularly where the file is kept in such position as to be in a draftor current or air, that the papers will work up the needles to suchanextent as to pass offtheir points, and thus become detached from thefile and scattered.

The present invention relates to aconvenient form of retaining cliporguard by which the papers after being impaled upon the needles arepressed and retained against the base of the file, the guard being soarranged that it can be readily swung to one side to permit of theintroduction or removal of papers and then be swung backinto position toretain the papers upon the needles.

As a full understanding of the invention can be best given by anillustration and a somewhat detailed description of a file provided withthe same, all further preliminary descripreference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of apaper-file of substantially the construction shown in my prior LettersPatent referred to, provided with a retaining-clip embodying the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a sideview of the same. Fig.3 is a plan View of thefile detached from its supporting-base. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectiontaken on the line 4 of Fig. 3; and Figs. 5 and 6 are views similar toFigs. 2 and 3, illustrating a slight modification in the construction ofthe clip, which will be hereinafter explained.

Referring to said figures it is to be understood that as to its generalconstruction the file therein shownis the same as shown in my priorLetters Patent, and consists of a pair of impaling-needles, a, which areconnected at their bases by a loop, b, and a pair of transfer-needles,0, also connected at their bases by a loop, (I. The transfer-needles care permanently secured in a metallic base, A, while theimpaling-needles a are removable from the base, they being held inposition within the base by means of a spring-catch, c, the metallicbase A and the other parts being in turn supported upon a board or otherrigid supporting-base, 13, all of which parts are con structed andorganized substantially as shown in my said Letters Patent.

Secured to one of the needles 0 and arranged to swing'freely about thesame is a retainingclip, 0, which is so forinedas to extend around andlie in front of the im'paling-needles and above the papers D impaledthereon. The clip 0 is secured to the needlecso as to be capable ofswinging laterally to a position away from the papers D, as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 1, and thus permit the papers to be readily impaledupon or removed from the needles. The bearing 5 of the clip upon theneedle 0 is made capable of vertical adjustment upon the needle, but hassufficient friction upon the needle to retain itself in any position towhich it is adjusted, and is of such length that the clip will beincapable of swinging in the direction of the length of theimpaling-needles,

and the clip is so formed as to bear upon the with acatch, 3, formed bybending the wire of which the clip is formed, which engageswith one ofthe impaling-needles, as shown, so as to hold the clip in its normalposition, and this free end of the clip is also provided with anextension, at, which is inclined so as to engage with the inner side ofthe needle, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and spring the clipoutward to permit the catch 3 to engage with the needle.

The operation of the clip thus constructed is as follows: \Vhen thepapers are to be impaled upon or removed from the needles 4, the clipwill be swung to one side, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. lVhenthe papers have been properly adjusted upon the needles a, the clip willbe swung inward above the papers, as shown in Fig. 3, until the projeetion 4 abuts against the needle (0. By then pressing upon the clip theinclined portion 4, acting against the needle, will cause the clip tospring outward and allow the catch 3 to pass the needle, and as soon asthe catch 3 passes the needle the elasticity of the wire will spring thecatch inward and cause it to engage with the needle and hold the clip inthat position, as shown in the several figures of the drawings. Theelasticity of the wire will then cause the arm 2 to press evenlythroughout its entire length upon the papers, thereby holding themsnugly against the base and preventing them from working up upon theneedles. As the quantity of papers upon the needles is increased ordecreased, the bearing 5 of the clip which surrounds the needle 0 can beadjusted up and down the needle to maintain the clip in the properrelative position. \Vhen the clip is made of steel or brass wire, as ispreferable, the elasticity of the wire will usually be suffieient forthe purposes of the clip, but additional elasticity may be given byproviding the wire with a spring-coil, 6, as shown in Figs. 5 and (i.The bearing 5 will preferably be adjustable vertically upon the needle0, as stated; but this will not in all cases be necessary, and thereforethe hearing may be made incapable of adjustment without departing fromthe invention.

In conclusion, it is to be remarked that the retaining-clip may beapplied with equal or substantially equal advantages to those files inwhich but a single impaling and a single transfer-needle are employed.

Vhat I claim is 1. The combination, with the impaling and transferneedles, of the spring retaining-clip pivoted upon the transfer-needleand arranged to swing to the front of the iinpaling needle or needlesand to press upon the papers at that point, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the impaling and transfer needles, of thespring retaining-clip pivoted to swing parallel with the base of theiile and provided with a catch to engage with theimpali rig-needle,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LANIXG- L. FERRIS.

\Vitnesses:

JAS. J. KENNEDY, G. M. Bons'r.

